Anna Funder Quotes

Beyond all of that, I could see the wall I had seen from inside the train, the wall that runs along the train line. I assumed that there, behind it, was the west, and I was right. I could have been wr...

Beyond all of that, I could see the wall I had seen from inside the train, the wall that runs along the train line. I assumed that there, behind it, was the west, and I was right. I could have been wr...

Anna Funder

Tags: belief, berlin wall, captive, courage, dark humor, escape, escape attempt, fence, freedom, gdr

The cynic sees only cynicism, the depressive can taint creation with one glance

Anna Funder

The cynic sees only cynicism, the depressive can taint creation with one glance

Anna Funder

Tags: philosophy, psychology

About Author

Anna Funder (born 1966) is an Australian author. She is the author of Stasiland, All That I Am, the novella The Girl With the Dogs and Wifedom (a book about George Orwell's first wife, Eileen Blair).